Calling the script from script in perl

Question

I want to call the perl script through the another perl script. I have used,

system('/home/arun/title_verifier.pl');

but it throws,

sh: 1: /home/arun/title_verifier.pl: Permission denied

So how can i make it...

Do you (or the perl script executing) have +x right on the .pl file? — Konerak
– Konerak, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 6:37
Each linux file has file permissions (do ls -al to see them). The basic ones are +rwx, meaning "read permission", "write permission", "execute permission". If a file has +x, you can execute it (call it using its filename, /home/arun/title_verifier.pl. If it does not have +x, you cannot execute it as a program, but you can have another program use it as input for executing, in this example with perl /home/arun/title_verifier.pl — Konerak
– Konerak, Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 7:47

mob · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-22 06:38:19Z

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Make sure the Perl script has execute permission

chmod +x /home/arun/title_verifier.pl

or invoke the script with perl

system('perl /home/arun/title_verifier.pl');

answered Nov 22, 2012 at 6:38

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Mons Anderson · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-22 13:49:08Z

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Also you may run it not with environment perl, but with perl your script was run

system($^X, "/home/arun/title_verifier.pl") == 0 or die "$!";

answered Nov 22, 2012 at 13:49

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